Decoradrillia pulchella
Decoradrillia pulchella is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[1]
| Decoradrillia pulchella | |
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| Shell of Decoradrillia pulchella (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Drilliidae |
| Genus: | Decoradrillia |
| Species: | D. pulchella |
| Binomial name | |
| Decoradrillia pulchella (Reeve, 1845) | |
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Description
The size of an adult shell varies between 14 mm and 25 mm. The pink shell has a chestnut band below the periphery, and a chestnut line, interrupted by the tubercles.[2]
Distribution
This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Caribbean Sea (Jamaica, Colombia) and the Gulf of Mexico; in the Atlantic Ocean from Florida to Northern Brazil at depths between 0 m and 100 m.
References
- Bouchet, P. (2016). Decoradrillia pulchella. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=871978 on 2016-04-14
- G.W. Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI p. 186; 1884 (described as Drillia pulchella)
- Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682: 1–1295.
- Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas
- Fallon P.J. (2016). Taxonomic review of tropical western Atlantic shallow water Drilliidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Conoidea) including descriptions of 100 new species. Zootaxa. 4090(1): 1–363
External links
- Gastropods.com: Fenimorea halidorema; retrieved: 24 October 2011
- "Clavus (Tylotiella) pulchella". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 22 September 2011.
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